Del Unser

Full Name: Delbert Bernard Unser	Primary Position: OF,CF
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/180	First Game: April 10, 1968
Birthdate: December 9, 1944	Final Game: June 6, 1982
Birthplace: Decatur, Illinois	MLB Experience: 15 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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[edit] Biography

Del Unser (Delbert Bernard Unser) was born on December 9, 1944 in Decatur, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on April 10, 1968 for the Washington Senators. In 1968, his rookie year, he hit .230 with 1 home run and 30 RBI and was voted Topps Rookie Of The Year based primarily on his defensive play. He had 22 assists and 10 double plays from his center field position. Unser played for the Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets and Montreal Expos over the course of his 15 year career.

Most people believe that Del Unser's best season was 1969, when he hit for a .286 average, knocked in 57 runs and led the league in triples with 8.

He once hit homeruns in 3 consecutive pinch hitting appearances as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies.

His father,Al Unser,was a major league catcher.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1968	WAS	A	156	635	66	146	1	30	.230	.282	.277	13	7	46	66	2	3	11	1	5
1969	WAS	A	153	581	69	166	7	57	.286	.349	.382	19	8	58	54	0	7	8	3	5
1970	WAS	A	119	322	37	83	5	30	.258	.319	.326	5	1	30	29	0	4	1	3	4
1971	WAS	A	153	581	63	148	9	41	.255	.325	.355	19	6	59	68	2	4	11	10	4
1972	CLE	A	132	383	29	91	1	17	.238	.288	.277	12	0	28	46	1	6	5	4	4
1973	PHI	N	136	440	64	127	11	52	.289	.354	.427	20	4	47	55	1	3	5	7	3
1974	PHI	N	142	454	72	120	11	61	.264	.337	.399	18	5	50	62	1	9	6	9	7
1975	NY	N	147	531	65	156	10	53	.294	.337	.392	18	2	37	76	0	8	4	6	8
1976	NY	N	77	276	28	63	5	25	.228	.275	.344	13	2	18	40	1	5	4	1	4
1976	MON	N	69	220	29	50	7	15	.227	.261	.368	6	2	11	44	0	6	3	1	3
1976	TOT	N	146	496	57	113	12	40	.228	.269	.355	19	4	29	84	1	11	7	2	7
1977	MON	N	113	289	33	79	12	40	.273	.346	.453	14	1	33	41	0	7	2	7	4
1978	MON	N	130	179	16	35	2	15	.196	.293	.257	5	0	24	29	1	1	2	5	3
1979	PHI	N	95	141	26	42	6	29	.298	.354	.482	8	0	14	33	0	1	2	2	4
1980	PHI	N	96	110	15	29	0	10	.264	.320	.391	6	4	10	21	0	1	0	1	2
1981	PHI	N	62	59	5	9	0	6	.153	.301	.203	3	0	13	9	0	0	0	1	1
1982	PHI	N	19	14	0	0	0	0	.000	.176	.000	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	1	1
Total	NL		1086	2713	353	710	64	306	.262	.324	.388	111	20	260	412	4	41	28	41	40
Total	AL		713	2502	264	634	23	175	.253	.314	.326	68	22	221	263	5	24	36	21	22
Total			1799	5215	617	1344	87	481	.258	.319	.358	179	42	481	675	9	65	64	62	62

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1968	WAS	A	OF	156	154	1368.1	388	22	5	10	.988
1968	WAS	A	CF	156	154	1368.1	390	20	5	9	.988
1968	WAS	A	1B	1	0	3	4	0	0	0	1.000
1969	WAS	A	OF	149	139	1250.2	339	8	10	3	.972
1969	WAS	A	CF	149	139	1250.2	341	8	10	3	.972
1970	WAS	A	RF	49	36	333.1	70	5	3	1	.962
1970	WAS	A	CF	46	32	312	100	2	0	1	1.000
1970	WAS	A	OF	104	71	683.1	173	8	3	2	.984
1970	WAS	A	LF	9	3	38	9	0	0	0	1.000
1971	WAS	A	OF	152	143	1280.1	394	10	8	2	.981
1971	WAS	A	LF	10	3	39	5	1	1	0	.857
1971	WAS	A	CF	106	103	856	273	5	4	1	.986
1971	WAS	A	RF	70	37	385.1	106	3	3	1	.973
1972	CLE	A	CF	85	72	671.2	202	9	0	1	1.000
1972	CLE	A	RF	24	19	177.1	47	1	3	0	.941
1972	CLE	A	OF	120	91	878	248	10	3	1	.989
1972	CLE	A	LF	14	0	29	9	0	0	0	1.000
1973	PHI	N	OF	132	113	1029.1	329	14	4	4	.988
1973	PHI	N	CF	132	113	1029.1	332	14	4	4	.989
1974	PHI	N	CF	135	120	1086.1	301	13	6	0	.981
1974	PHI	N	OF	135	120	1086.1	300	13	6	0	.981
1975	NY	N	OF	145	129	1188.2	362	13	5	2	.987
1975	NY	N	CF	145	129	1188.2	364	13	5	2	.987
1976	NY	N	OF	77	73	659.2	180	5	1	0	.995
1976	NY	N	CF	75	73	656.2	181	4	1	0	.995
1976	NY	N	LF	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	1.000
1976	MON	N	OF	65	54	507.2	108	5	2	2	.983
1976	MON	N	CF	13	10	94.2	24	0	0	0	1.000
1976	MON	N	RF	34	22	214.1	47	2	1	0	.980
1976	MON	N	LF	31	22	198.2	40	3	1	2	.977
1976	TOT	N	LF	33	22	201.2	41	3	1	2	.978
1976	TOT	N	OF	142	127	1167.1	288	10	3	2	.990
1976	TOT	N	CF	88	83	751.1	205	4	1	0	.995
1977	MON	N	1B	27	12	147	160	11	0	15	1.000
1977	MON	N	OF	72	57	536.2	120	2	3	0	.976
1977	MON	N	RF	27	22	205.2	29	2	1	0	.969
1977	MON	N	CF	34	31	284	83	0	1	0	.988
1977	MON	N	LF	11	4	47	13	0	1	0	.929
1978	MON	N	1B	64	9	166	162	10	1	16	.994
1978	MON	N	CF	12	9	77	31	2	0	0	1.000
1978	MON	N	OF	33	24	225.2	70	2	1	0	.986
1978	MON	N	LF	7	4	40.1	14	0	0	0	1.000
1978	MON	N	RF	16	11	108.1	29	0	1	0	.967
1979	PHI	N	1B	22	5	73.2	74	5	2	6	.975
1979	PHI	N	RF	4	1	17	3	0	0	0	1.000
1979	PHI	N	LF	15	9	85	18	0	1	0	.947
1979	PHI	N	OF	30	17	172	44	0	1	0	.978
1979	PHI	N	CF	11	7	70	22	0	0	0	1.000
1980	PHI	N	OF	23	16	143	49	0	0	0	1.000
1980	PHI	N	RF	2	1	7	3	0	0	0	1.000
1980	PHI	N	CF	13	11	91	32	0	0	0	1.000
1980	PHI	N	1B	31	1	70	67	13	0	7	1.000
1980	PHI	N	LF	12	4	45	14	0	0	0	1.000
1981	PHI	N	LF	7	2	31	9	0	0	0	1.000
1981	PHI	N	1B	18	0	45	44	5	0	4	1.000
1981	PHI	N	CF	6	2	25	8	0	0	0	1.000
1981	PHI	N	OF	16	4	63	19	0	0	0	1.000
1981	PHI	N	RF	4	0	7	3	0	0	0	1.000
1982	PHI	N	1B	5	0	7	9	1	0	1	1.000
1982	PHI	N	RF	2	0	3.1	0	0	0	0	.000
1982	PHI	N	OF	2	0	3.1	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	168	27	511.2	520	45	3	49	.995
Total			OF	1411	1205	11076	3123	112	52	26	.984
Total			CF	1118	1005	9061.1	2684	90	36	21	.987
Total			RF	232	149	1458.2	337	13	12	2	.967
Total			LF	118	51	556	132	4	4	2	.971

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 8, 1965).
Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates in the 4th round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft - did not sign (January 29, 1966).
Selected by Washington Senators in the 1st round (18th pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (June 7, 1966 - signed June 28, 1966).
Traded by Texas Rangers with Denny Riddleberger, Terry Ley and Gary Jones to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Roy Foster, Ken Suarez, Mike Paul and Rich Hand (December 2, 1971).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Terry Wedgewood to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Oscar Gamble and Roger Freed (November 30, 1972).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with John Stearns and Mac Scarce to New York Mets in exchange for Tug McGraw, Don Hahn and Dave Schneck (December 3, 1974).
Traded by New York Mets with Wayne Garrett to Montreal Expos in exchange for Jim Dwyer and Pepe Mangual (July 21, 1976).
Granted free agency (November 2, 1978).
Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (March 29, 1979).
Granted free agency (November 4, 1980).
Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (December 22, 1980).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (June 8, 1982).